HE SAID STRAIGHT LIQUOR.

Dunstan Times, Issue 2172, 10 March 1903, Page 3

HE SAID STRAIGHT LIQUOR.

Those Wore the MnsrSo Word* Th»« Vnited Two Oentlesueu from • the South.

*Tt’a a sad thing to bo away from home, suh, and have nobody to drink with,” said the man with the southern accent, as he poured out four fingers, relates the Philadelphia Record. "I went into one of your hotels, suh, a lew days ago, thinking maybe I could pick up a congenial spirit in the bar, but it seemed as if I was fated to drink alone. Not a soul in sight, suh, but a bunch of northerners, who, confidentially, suh, are deuced good fellows, but chilly—take my word, suh, chilly. As I was saying, suh, there don’t ’pear to be a man in the place that had anything warmer than ice water in his veins, but I thought I would resort to strategy before sacrificing sociability. Going up to the bar I said, loudly: “ ‘Give me a little straight liquor!’ “A fist, suh, instantly pounded me on the back.

“‘Georgia, by gram!’ exclaimed a voice, and I turned to greet a man from Dixie land. He was in the same plight as I was, suh, but the ‘straight liquor’—which la a distinctive southern order, suh —brought two congenial souls together. Yen, make mine ‘straight liquor.’ ”

Tobacco Farms in Japan,

For many years the tobacco used in Japan has been imported from the United States, from the Philippines and from Egypt, but an effort is now being made by the Japanese government to grow tobacco in Japan. Tobacco farms, says the Japan and America, have been established in various provinces to ascertain where the best soil for different kinds of tobacco is to be found. The result is reported to be very satisfactory. The tobacco produced is said to be equal to the best American, and the hope is entertained that after a few years Japan will grow all the tobacco she needs, particularly the finer grades. There ia not much soil to spare from grain crops in Japan Itself, but in Formosa and Corea there is an unlimited field lor planting enterprise.

' Oaten of Korway Hltfhwnyc. ‘A curious feature to trailers in the high roads of Norway is the great number of of 10,000 in the whole country—which have to be opened. These gates, which either mark the boundaries of the farms or separate the home fields from the waste lands, constitute a considerable inconvenience and delay to the traveler, who has to stop hla vehicle aod get down to open them.